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Another Week In The Field
We went out to the fields again Sunday afternoon, Diane, Paul, and little Joe. I decided to hit an area we have not covered much and it turned out to be a good decision. Paul hunted the area where he has been ultra successful and expanded it a bit to see if he could squeeze out a few more good coins, it seems though that it is pretty dry now as he did not make a good find. Diane found a memorial penny, a spoon and some odd bits of farm type junk. I found some neat artifacts including maybe one of the neatest things I have ever found, it is an identification badge that says MBC on it and under celluloid there is a picture of the badge holder! How often do we wonder who lost the coin or artifact that we have found, here I can look into the face of the person, an unusual occurrence. I also found a buckle, a spoon handle, a hoe blade, a small horseshoe, a Miller lock, and a neat button that says Crown Brand, it turns out to be a button from the early 1900's. Moving to a different area close by to where I was hunting I found my first coin...a copper memorial! About 10 minutes after that I got a good sounding 12-44 signal jumping up to 12-45-46 occasionally. I dug and I could see a coin but it was so dirty at first I could not tell what it was, closer inspection showed that it was our first silver coin from the field a 1941 Mercury Dime, a bit later I got a 1945 Wheatie. I also found what may be a bit of a cuff link, it appears it may be gold as it is heavy but I will have to check that out. It was time for us to go and on the way back to the car I got a solid 12-34 so I dug it hoping for an Indian but I would not have been surprised if it would have turned out to be a bit of copper since there is so much of these bits in the field but to my delight it turned out to be an 1894 Indian a bit worse for wear but to be expected in a field coin. The area I was hunting had a house on it according to the 1855 map and we believe the house was still there at least until the late 1980's. The large amount of melted metal gives thoughts that it may have burned down. Today Thursday we went back again Diane and I, Paul was so busy with work he could not make it. We started in the area where I had found the Merc and Indian Head and Diane got us started off right with an 1882 Indian Head. I was finding a bit of clad coins and another axe head and a horseshoe. Diane then scored again with a better looking 1885 Indian. We took a short lunch break and I got my first and only old coin today an 1909 Wheatie, no S or VDB but for a field coin very nice shape. I then found another horseshoe and Diane found a wedge. I finished off the artifacts finds with a small buckle that was bent and a large buckle in very nice condition. So another week in the field turns up some more keepers.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2rQNFVq-DM[/video]
We went out to the fields again Sunday afternoon, Diane, Paul, and little Joe. I decided to hit an area we have not covered much and it turned out to be a good decision. Paul hunted the area where he has been ultra successful and expanded it a bit to see if he could squeeze out a few more good coins, it seems though that it is pretty dry now as he did not make a good find. Diane found a memorial penny, a spoon and some odd bits of farm type junk. I found some neat artifacts including maybe one of the neatest things I have ever found, it is an identification badge that says MBC on it and under celluloid there is a picture of the badge holder! How often do we wonder who lost the coin or artifact that we have found, here I can look into the face of the person, an unusual occurrence. I also found a buckle, a spoon handle, a hoe blade, a small horseshoe, a Miller lock, and a neat button that says Crown Brand, it turns out to be a button from the early 1900's. Moving to a different area close by to where I was hunting I found my first coin...a copper memorial! About 10 minutes after that I got a good sounding 12-44 signal jumping up to 12-45-46 occasionally. I dug and I could see a coin but it was so dirty at first I could not tell what it was, closer inspection showed that it was our first silver coin from the field a 1941 Mercury Dime, a bit later I got a 1945 Wheatie. I also found what may be a bit of a cuff link, it appears it may be gold as it is heavy but I will have to check that out. It was time for us to go and on the way back to the car I got a solid 12-34 so I dug it hoping for an Indian but I would not have been surprised if it would have turned out to be a bit of copper since there is so much of these bits in the field but to my delight it turned out to be an 1894 Indian a bit worse for wear but to be expected in a field coin. The area I was hunting had a house on it according to the 1855 map and we believe the house was still there at least until the late 1980's. The large amount of melted metal gives thoughts that it may have burned down. Today Thursday we went back again Diane and I, Paul was so busy with work he could not make it. We started in the area where I had found the Merc and Indian Head and Diane got us started off right with an 1882 Indian Head. I was finding a bit of clad coins and another axe head and a horseshoe. Diane then scored again with a better looking 1885 Indian. We took a short lunch break and I got my first and only old coin today an 1909 Wheatie, no S or VDB but for a field coin very nice shape. I then found another horseshoe and Diane found a wedge. I finished off the artifacts finds with a small buckle that was bent and a large buckle in very nice condition. So another week in the field turns up some more keepers.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2rQNFVq-DM[/video]
